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Propylene is one of the key material in petrochemical industries. In recent years, as propylene demand increases, development of new methods alongside traditional ways in production of propylene seems essential. The production of propylene from methanol using zeolitic catalysts is as one of this new methods. This method in recent years has got attention. H-ZSM-5 zeolite is one of the best catalysts appropriate for this process. However, rapid deactivation is the main problem this catalyst at the present time. Therefore, more research in order to increase stability and lifetime has been performed. The uses of promoters are as one of the simplest improvement methods of H-ZSM-5 zeolite.... 

Fischer-Tropsch process (FT ) is one of the most important processes gas-to-liquid (GTL) conversion. This process converts synthesis gas into hydrocarbons. Depending on the catalyst and operating conditions of the process, heavy paraffins (Wax) are the most important products in this process. These products can be used to heavy paraffin catalyst hydrocracking in a process for the production of diesel fuel and gasoline to lighter products are suitable to be converted. The aim of this project is to develop a suitable kinetic model to describe the process of producing heavy paraffin hydrocracking process Fisher - Tropsch to be lighter products. In this regard, each 5 continuous mass model... 

Propylene, as one of the most important raw materials of petrochemical industries, is produced through different methods. One of the major methods is propane dehydrogenation. This reaction is endothermic and many by-products will be produced in high temperature. Therefore catalytic dehydrogenation is preferred. Reduction in catalyst's activity and too many side reactions are the most important problems. Coke formation is the most effective reason of deactivation. Main source of coke is propylene. Experiments show that very small amount of water presence within reaction can reduce rate of coke formation. Water content growth does not always increase activity. If water be more than optimum... 

The study on the propane dehydrogenation process has been receiving significant attention due to the growing demand for propylene. The aim of this research is to develop an appropriate kinetic mechanism for dehydrogenation of propane over an industrial Pt–Sn/γ-Al2O3 catalyst in the presence of a very small amount of water. The reaction is carried out over the temperature range of 575 – 620 º C at atmospheric pressure. The results showed that a small amount of water and methanol can improve the performance of catalyst and also, increase the selectivity to COx. Addition the 0.5, 0.45, 0.3 water and 0.1, 0.05, 0.02 methanol are the optimum amount of these oxygenated compounds in order at... 

The kinetics of side reactions in dehydrogenation of propane over a supported platinum catalyst modified by tin was investigated. Catalytic dehydrogenation over a commercial Pt-Sn/γ-Al2O3 was carried out in a laboratory-scale plug-flow reactor at 580 to 620oC under atmospheric pressure. Several kinetic models derived from different reaction mechanisms were tested using experimental data obtained over a range of reaction conditions. It was found that the kinetics of the main dehydrogenation reaction was best described in terms of a Langmuir-Hinshelwood mechanism where adsorption of propane was the rate controlling step. Simple power low rate expressions were used to express the kinetics of... 

Volatile organic materials are amongst the most important air pollutants that presence of the moisture in polluted air during oxidation process are the most difficult to remove volatile contaminants using catalysts. In this study, nano-copper oxide catalyst on nano-alumina for complete oxidation of toluene in the presence of moisture at different temperatures and atmospheric pressure were examined. Alumina basic using co-precipitation and sol-gel methods have been synthesized, which is for the first time that alumina tri-second-butyl pre-manufacturer have been used for gamma-nano-alumina by sole gel method was used. Surface properties of synthesized nano-alumina have been studies by various... 

Reduced supplies of fossil fuels worldwide attention to the economic and energy-efficient processes for the production of fuel from renewable sources is diverted.Biomass has the potential shown because it has features such as frequency and is renewable. Because of the high solubility of hydrocarbons derived from biomass in large amounts of water and oxygen, the process is then performed on the aqueous phase is considered. Recent research for the production of alkanes by the deformation of the aqueous phase (Aqueous Phase Reforming) by Catalyst on hydrocarbons derived from biomass, such as glycerol, ethylene glycol, sorbitol, glucose, and etc. has been done. Here is our attempt to use the APR... 

Water Gas Shift (WGS) reaction is an old reaction in which syngas is used for producing Hydrogen. At the present time, the major application of this reaction is in fuel cells, since the necessary Hydrogen for these cells is provided by this reaction.
The present study investigate the influence of different preparation methods on properties of Cu-ZnO/Al2O3 catalyst for water gas shift (WGS) reaction, which is now known as the Commercial catalyst for low temperature WGS, and its influence on performance of Cu-ZnO/Al2O3 catalyst to derive an optimal Cu-ZnO/Al2O3 catalyst for water gas shift (WGS) reaction. Cu-ZnO/Al2O3 catalysts was synthesized by CP, DP, DP-Ultra, IWI , CP-Urea, and... 

The sulfur compounds in crude oil cause air pollution, metallic equipments’ corrosion and refinery catalysts poisoning like reforming catalysts. Therefore it is necessary to use hydrodesulfurization catalysts for sulfur content reduction. Hydrodesulfurization is the most common desulfurization method in the industry. In this method, sulfur compounds react with the hydrogen in presence of ComMo/γ Al2O3 catalyst and under hard operational conditions like high temperature ( 300-340 ͦC) and high pressure (20-100 atm of hydrogen). Then,these compounds are turned into hydrogen sulfide and hydrocarbons. In the next step, produced hydrogen sulfide will be eliminated from oil cutting.In this... 

The study on the propane dehydrogenation process has been receiving significant attention due to the growing demand for propylene. Many efforts have been made to enhance the propylene yield by developing new catalysts with high-activity, high-stability and high-selectivity. Among these, platinum supported catalysts have been reported widely. Firstly, the current study mentions related work in the modeling of coke formation and deactivation of catalyst, experimental setup and catalysts which are conventionally used for propane dehydrogenation reaction. Then, a monolayer–multilayer mechanism is proposed for modelling the coke formation. In addition, the reaction rate of coke formation and its... 

Hydrocracking is a hydrogen addition process that permits refineries to convert heavier, less expensive crudes, into highly-valued transportation fuels such as gasoline, kerosene and diesel. Development of an accurate kinetic model for hydrocracking reactions is crucial to correctly predict the detailed product distribution under different operating conditions for a range of feedstocks as well as for reactor design, process optimization and catalyst selection. In this thesis a mechanistic kinetic model was developed for thermal hydrocracking of a paraffinic feedstock. This model was based on a molecular approach that was able to capture the fundamental chemistry of hydrocracking process. To... 

Polymer electrolytes are most frequently used electrolytes especially in lithium ion batteries. The gel-polymer and polymer-ceramic electrolytes were synthesized using DMA plasticizer, LiClO4, and SiO2 ceramic Nano fillers through coating method. EIS, FTIR, XRD, SEM, and TGA analyses were carried out on electrolytes. The optimum amount of perchlorate and polymer was obtained 0.5 M and 5% w/w, respectively. Also, the optimum amount of silica was obtained 2% w/w. the optimizations were carried out suing conductometry. The EIS analysis showed the ionic conductance of gel-polymer 1.8 mS.cm-1 while that of ceramic-polymer was obtained 2.8 mS.cm-1  

Catalytic cracking is one of the most important unit and process of catalytic processes in the world that transforms heavy and cheap oil materials to lighter and valuable materials. Nowadays due to global increase in fuel consumption and the need to transform heavy materials to lighter ones there is an increasing attention and need to this process.
This system consists of two main sections. Riser reactor and regenerator to burn the Coke that is accumulated on the catalyst which in this project we tend to simulate the riser reactor of FCC unit of Abadan refinery in which the cracking is done. The considered kinetic model, is a three-lump model that is able to predict the conversion... 

This study aims at synthesizing and investigating of heterogeneous catalysts for biodiesel production as an alternative to fossil fuel with the transesterification of oil and methanol. Three main sections of this thesis concern the synthesis of nano-catalysts, characterization analysis, and investigation of the transesterification reaction under different condition. Two series of heterogeneous catalysts, including different molar ratios of X%Li/Ca-La (X=0-7%) and Ca/Talc (Ca, 3Ca/1Talc, 1Ca/1Talc, 1Ca/3Talc, Talc) has been synthesized as active and stable catalysts to study the transesterification reaction of canola oil and methanol for biodiesel production. Prepared catalysts have been... 

In the present work, wet air oxidation of phenol over 7/3 MnO2/CeO2 composite oxide catalyst in trickle-bed and packed-bubble column reactors was modeled. Complexity of wet air oxidation reactions and catalyst poisoning with carbonaceous groups, on the surface and in the pores of catalyst, make the modeling process complicated. Plurality of mass balance equations which are confirmed in the catalyst pellet and in dynamic and static bed phase, also the equation of catalyst deactivation, lead us solve them simultaneously. In addition, the equations are two dimension and unsteady state and carbon of oxidation intermediates are present which make the modeling process more complicated. We are... 

There is a need from the natural gas and energy industries to seek for an economically attractive way of converting remote gas reserves into transportable products, such as high quality fuels or petrochemicals. A possible way for the conversion of natural gas to middle distillates is based on a three-step process. Firstly, production of syngas from natural gas. Secondly,catalytic conversion of syngas into hydrocarbons, mostly parafins from C5 to C100. (Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) synthesis). Thirdly, hydrocracking of the heavy paraffinic hydrocarbons to middle distillates. The F-T synthesis step is highly exothermic. In order to control the temperature within the reactor, when considering high... 

Hydrocracking is one of the most versatile petroleum refining process for production of valuable products including gasoline, gas oil, and kerosene. Various kinetic models have been proposed for hydrocracking process. A commonly used approach is to consider the mixture in terms of selected lums, which can be specified in terms of structural characteristics, such as boiling point. From this approach the reaction mixture can be considered in two types of discrete lumping and continuous lumping. In this thesis, a 5 parameter continuous kinetic lumping model was studied for modeling of the Isomax reactor of Tabriz refinery whose feedstock is a low quality gasoil from vaccum distillatin column.... 

Demand for the petroleum products is continuously increasing. Crude oil cannot be used as it is extracted, so that, there should be some treatment that may ended up producing heavy hydrocarbons. Therefore, refineries are searching for developing new technologies for upgrading those heavy materials and convert more and more bottom-of-the-barrel into high value distillate. Amongst the different residua upgrading processes, thermal upgrading processes are of the most interest and account for over 60% of total residua processing capacity. In this work, we investigate the effect of different additives in a delayed coking process. We used vacuum distillation residue of Abadan heavy crude oil... 

Ethylene is considered as one of the key materials in the petrochemical industry and has a particular importance. Polymerized ethylene produces polyethylene, which is widely used in plastics and pipe-manufacturing industries. Ethylene is mainly produced by the processes of catalytic cracking or thermal cracking of heavier hydrocarbon compounds. In these processes, acetylene is produced as a by-product, which deactivates the Ziegler-Nata catalysts in the polymerization unit of ethylene. Therefore, there should be some considerations to reduce acetylene to its minimum value -around zero. For this purpose, the fixed bed catalytic reactor is used to hydrogenate acetylene to ethylene. Various... 

Diesel oxidizing catalysts (DOCs) based on precious metals of Platinum and Palladium are among the most important and most widely used catalysts in the exhaust aftertreatment system of diesel cars. DOCs are used to oxidize CO and hydrocarbons to reduce their emissions to the environment. In spite of the excellent performance of DOCs, sulfur exposure can lead to their deactivation. Sulfur is mainly in the form of SO2 at the combustion chamber exit, which can be further oxidezed to SO3 on the DOC. The deactivation impact of SO2 and SO3 on DOCs are different, with SO3 leadig to higher degrees of deactivation. In this study, a kinetic model for SO2 oxidation on a bimetallic Pt-Pd-based catalyst...